SNK's King of Fighters: Maximum Impact 2 is truly fantastic. It's been out in Japan for a few weeks now, but I didn't get a hands-on until E3. The game is, as game journo Tim Rogers put it, "an elegant fighter." Not mashing here, SNK shows why it makes fighters as good or better than anyone out there.

Even with colorful characters, the game doesn't ooze style over substance. In fact, it mostly oozes substance. It's a meaty fighter, where things like unlockable characters and costumes are merely an afterthought. The focus isn't multi-player or online, but the single player. This is a game for lonely people. King of Fighters: Maximum Impact 2 will be American stores later this year. —Brian Ashcraft

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